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On June 1, started the reality TV showArtstar on Gallery HD, a high-definition channel devoted to art programming available on the Dish Network.
Created by the artist Christopher Sperandio and the dealer James Fuentes in collaboration with the gallerist Jeffrey Deitch, "Artstar" will follow eight artists interacting with critics, collectors, curators and artists, while making new works to partecipate in the group show "Art Parade" at Deitch Projects. At the end, one of them will emerge, winning a solo show at the gallery.
In February 2005, four-hundred hopefuls asked to participate in an open call, lined up in front of Deitch's space in Soho, for a chance to have their work inspected by the gallerist and the jury composed by art historian and Performa founder RoseLee Goldberg, Harper's Bazaar photo editor Cary Leitzes, Paper magazine's Carlo McCormick, art critic David Rimanelli, executive director and chief curator of The Kitchen, Debra Singer and Alan Vega from the band Suicide.
They finally selected the finalists: Gigi Chen, Sy Colen, Abigail Dawn DeVille, Christian Dietkus, Zackary Drucker, Anney McKilligan, Bec Stupak and Virgil Wong.
"'Artstar' reveals a lot about the inscrutable process of making it as an artist", commented Jeffrey Deitch at the New York¹s Museum of Moving Image, where the episode has been premiered May 12.